mastersracer said:
can you actually point to any evidence to support this claim? Is it based entirely on GC placings? Why is that a measure of performance ability? What can you provide in terms of his ftp, watts/kg from 2007? How does it compare to Froome's SRM data from stage 10 of the 2011 Vuelta, where he beat Wiggins, Cancellara, Phinney with 5.8 watts/kg - and why is that performance suspicious?
I believe Krebs cycle made that claim.
But to be fair to you and the believers, Froome did have a great TT in 2007 only to be beaten by no less then Hai Jun Ma. Guess Ma was at 6 w/k to beat Chris.
But, in those days he still was hampered by the bilharzia of course, that is bad for anyone's climbing speed, let alone TT- ing.
acoggan said:
So here's a guy with obvious potential in his sport (like Wiggins in cycling), but failed to win "the big one" (i.e., the Olympics) when he was the favorite, finishing only 8th in 1992. He then spent the next 4 y lost in the weeds with little-to-nothing to show for his efforts, then was down to his last jump in 1996. If he misses, that's it...but instead, he jumps 7'10" to set a new Olympic record and win the gold medal. By the standards of this forum, he clearly must have been doping, 'cause he seemingly came out of nowhere that year. What I see, though, is someone who had the ability all along (like Wiggins in cycling...recall the critical power analysis I did), but hadn't really been able to showcase it due to intervening factors (in Austin's case, injury, whereas in Wiggins' case, lack-of-focus on the road).
With all due respect but your analogies are really bad mister Coggan. Comparing technical sports with endurance sports? You should, and guess you do, know better.
Ask Eric Boyer, Wiggi's manager on Cofidis, on his abilities, for the matter, ask him about his fitness level, body fat and all.
But I am glad Wiggins has found the answer for his former flaws, he is now
focussed, has the right
cadence, has the
UCI on his hand. But still is able to smoke a joint every now and then.
Mister Coggan, how do you asses the cyclists of now when you try to compare them to Hinault/LeMond/Hampsten/Delgado/Roche? I left out Fignon, obviously cause he was a rampant doper. You rode in the eighties yourself, that is why I am asking.